Wrist Wearables: How Many Are There?

In response to the much anticipated reveal of the Apple Watch I did a bit of digging around to find out where we stand with wrist-worn wearable devices. I found over 60 different devices. The following list focuses on self-tracking tools, I intentionally left out those that work only as notification centers or secondary displays for your phone. I’m sure this isn’t all of them, but it’s as good a place to start as any. If you’re using one of these devices to learn something about yourself, or you’re just interested in these type of wearable tools we invite you to join us in San Francisco on June 18-20, 2015, for our QS15 Conference & Exposition.

(Thank you to all those who commented here, on Twitter, and on our Facebook group pointing us to additional devices to add!)

Interesting question Jon. Most of these devices are storing some data to offload to the companies’ web server. This is something we’re keenly interested in too (see our post on data access). In future posts I hope to tease some of these differences in data sharing, access, and ownership.

Garmin has lots more. One of the most advanced is the “Fenix 2″. It has loads of various sensors including a barometric altimeter, accelerometer, thermometer, gps, compass, heart rate, etc. Costs $450 bucks if you want the fancy version though.

Thanks for the comment Ian. We decided to focus on activity trackers on this one. The Fenix series, and most Garmins, are dedicated GPS devices for tracking sports such as running, cycling, or swimming. I think the Forerunner 15 is the only “all-day” tracker other than their Vivo series.

Hi Is there any online database for Heart rate and accelerometer data?
I really need accelerometer and heart rate data for about 10 person and each one about 1 hour during physical activity and during relaxation
thank you

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